Episode 574 - Backdoors, Bots, and Baby Monitors

On this week’s show: Ubiquiti doubles down with a new UniFi NVR and a major Protect 7.1 update, Unraid ditches the USB stick (finally) with internal boot, and smart vacuums are getting weirder, Blink goes 2K on a budget, Yarbo promises to close its mower’s backdoor, the FBI is resetting routers, and over a million cameras were alarmingly open to hackers. All of this, a pick of the week, project updates, and so much more!
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Show Notes

• HomeTech Headlines• Network Video Recorder G2 Pro - Ubiquiti Store United States - store.ui.com (store.ui.com/us/en/products/unvr-g2-pro)
• Welcome to Protect 7.1 - blog.ui.com (blog.ui.com/article/welcome-to-protect-7-1)
• Eufy’s New Robovac Combines Matter and a Built-in Fragrance Module - homekitnews.com (homekitnews.com/2026/05/10/eufys-new-robovac-c…)
• These new Roombas are smaller and cheaper | The Verge - theverge.com (theverge.com/tech/928373/irobot-roomba-robot-v…)
• Blink bumps its budget buzzer to 2K | The Verge - theverge.com (theverge.com/tech/924976/blink-video-doorbell-…)
• The FBI may have reset your wireless router; if so, you should replace it - 9to5mac.com (9to5mac.com/2026/05/12/the-fbi-may-have-reset-…?)
• A million baby monitors and security cameras were easily viewable by hackers | The Verge - theverge.com (theverge.com/tech/926487/meari-technology-hack…)
• Yarbo says it will remove the intentional backdoor from its robot lawn mower | The Verge - theverge.com (theverge.com/tech/928289/yarbo-remove-robot-la…)

• Unraid | Unraid 7.3.0 Stable Now Available - unraid.net (unraid.net/blog/unraid-7-3-0)